EGAVE

finger

About 19.63 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb, and the corresponding part, irrespective of including a thumb, in many other animals.
    Humans have two hands and ten fingers. Each hand has one thumb and four fingers.
  2. noun Similar or similar-looking extremities in other animals, particularly: The lower, smaller segment of an arthropod claw. One of the supporting structures of wings in birds, bats, etc. evolved from earlier toes or fingers. One of the slender bony structures before the pectoral fins of gurnards and sea robins (Triglidae).
  3. noun The lower, smaller segment of an arthropod claw.
  4. noun One of the supporting structures of wings in birds, bats, etc. evolved from earlier toes or fingers.
  5. noun One of the slender bony structures before the pectoral fins of gurnards and sea robins (Triglidae).
  6. noun Something similar in shape to the human finger, particularly: Finger-shaped pieces of food.
    chocolate fingers; fish fingers; cheese fingers
  7. noun Finger-shaped pieces of food.
    chocolate fingers; fish fingers; cheese fingers
  8. noun A tube extending from a sealed system, or sometimes into one in the case of a cold finger.

Similar words

thumb feel fingerbreadth digit hand wrist nail epi bleed hair

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Word family

fingered fingering fingerlike fingers

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